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JFK…What If

John Kennedy’s best biographer made a startling revelation recently that was both ominous and eerie and says a good deal about Kennedy’s...

The Value of Nothing

You only need to stroll by the New York Public Library building on 5th Avenue in the big city to know that serious business is done here....

Woodward

Good Columnist, Good Guy The Idaho Statesman in Boise and the paper’s readers said so long this weekend to long-time columnist/reporter...

Welker & Killebrew

Commie Bashing Baseball Talent Scout The passing of the great Harmon Killebrew recently caused a few Idaho political, history and...

Dumbing Down

Fascinating piece by the Public Editor of The New York Times this past weekend taking the gray lady to task for not preserving “its...

Implosion

Any candidate who says those words on national television is, by definition, in the deep do-do. Newt Gingrich used the “go talk to...

On Being Unique

KNOW anyone who wears white suits these days? The signature white suit was adopted rather late in his life by the great writer and...

O’Bama

“The problem with some people is that when they aren’t drunk, they’re sober.” – William Butler Yeats When Barack Obama stood before a...

Education Reform?

New statewide opinion research finds Idahoans distinctly unsure that the educational reform efforts that dominated the state legislative...

Newt

A good deal of the analysis of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s less-that-successful first days on the presidential campaign trail...

Harmon

One of the Greats Passes Just when it seems that spring may final have come, it turns out to be a sad, sad day. The Great Killebrew is...

No Little Plans

An election that is normally an afterthought for most residents of Idaho’s capitol city takes place Tuesday and, while the five people...

The Veto

The presidential or gubernatorial veto may be the single biggest political club our nation’s executives can swing. The House and the...

The GOP Field

John Weaver, an experienced GOP political operative and former top advisor to John McCain, says his party’s presidential field is “the...

Fort Peck

It’s raining in northeastern Montana today. A wet spring following a long winter. The water stands in the wheat and hay fields along U.S....

Juxtaposition

Like all political parties who find themselves out of power, national Republicans officially began the search last night for their 2012...

The Great Divide

According to a new statewide survey of Idaho voters, the state now effectively has three political factions – very economically and...

The Gutsy Call

Of all the remarkable images over the last 24 hours or so, the tense scene in the White House Situation Room Sunday night tells most of...

A Tipping Point

I once heard Sherman Alexie, a gifted writer who also happens to be Native American, have some fun at the expense of those who maintain...

Rope a Dope

OK, I never thought I’d find a connection among the “greatest” heavyweight of all time, Franklin Roosevelt and the man now in the White...

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